Care home · Knaresborough
1 The Avenue Knaresborough
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- 1 The Avenue, Knaresborough, HG5 0NL
- Run by
- Homes Together Limited (11 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2020 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- David Anthony Houston
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05091920)
- Last CQC check
- 22 Jun 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-9790438501
1 The Avenue Knaresborough at a glance
1 The Avenue Knaresborough is a CQC-registered residential care home in Knaresborough, run by Homes Together Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 2022). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Knaresborough; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
1 The Avenue Knaresborough has been registered with CQC since December 2020, about 5 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
4 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
The registered provider
1 The Avenue Knaresborough is run by Homes Together Limited (company 05091920), incorporated in 2004, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Homes Together Limited runs 11 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 10 of the 11 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (91%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
10 of its services are in North Yorkshire.
How it fits locally
There are 19 other care homes within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St Anne's Community Services - Boroughbridge Road, under 0.5 miles away.
16 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Knaresborough East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (2 min), a park (6 min), a café (8 min), a bus stop (7 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe146 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Effective164 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Caring168 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Responsive166 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Well-led139 of 181 in North Yorkshire
Source: CQC, published 22 June 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Yorkshire share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate 1 The Avenue Knaresborough at £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £58k–£70k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Yorkshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Earlier inspections
- Jan 2016
- Nov 2017
- Jun 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 22 June 2022
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Knaresborough East
- Council
- North Yorkshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in HG5 (5)
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Close by
- Bus stop 560 m (7 min walk)
- Railway station Knaresborough, 670 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Stockwell Surgery, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 690 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Dawn til Dusk, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Park Jacob Smith Park, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Café Henshaws Cafe, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship Park Grove Methodist Church, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Library Knaresborough Library, 700 m (9 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Reading 1 The Avenue Knaresborough's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 138 of the 180 other care homes in North Yorkshire that CQC has rated.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Right Care ● People received kind and compassionate care. ● Staff protected and respected people's privacy and dignity.
- They have their own life and own way of life; staff look after them and help but won't carry them.
- They know where we are and can get in touch whenever.
- The provider had introduced a range of activities and social events to support with these changes and offer alternatives. ● Staff turnover was very low, which supported people to receive consistent care from staff who knew them well. ● Staff placed people's wishes, needs and rights at the heart of everything they did.
Inspected 21 April 2022; report published 22 June 2022. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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1 The Avenue Knaresborough questions answered
- How much does care from 1 The Avenue Knaresborough cost?
- 1 The Avenue Knaresborough has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did 1 The Avenue Knaresborough score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is 1 The Avenue Knaresborough?
- 1 The Avenue Knaresborough has 5 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs 1 The Avenue Knaresborough?
- CQC lists Homes Together Limited as the provider responsible for 1 The Avenue Knaresborough.
- Does 1 The Avenue Knaresborough support people with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- When was 1 The Avenue Knaresborough last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 22 June 2022, 4 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is 1 The Avenue Knaresborough based?
- It is at 1 The Avenue, Knaresborough, HG5 0NL.
- Is 1 The Avenue Knaresborough regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. 1 The Avenue Knaresborough is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-9790438501) and was rated Good overall in June 2022.
- What services is 1 The Avenue Knaresborough registered for?
- 1 The Avenue Knaresborough is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.